What you dont have locally is the ability to walk the property, make notes on condition, etc.I wholesaled a house last year locally without seeing it physically.

Try the recorder search, if there was: http://www.mcad-tx.org/html/records.html Your best bet may be to just call the appraisal district and ask for help: http://www.mcad-tx.org/index.html Actually, after playing around for a while with everything I could find I stumbled onto over 150+ of the auction properties with their real physical addresses between Harris/Montgomery.

I suggest that you physically drive by every property and take pics and notes of every single property bc you never know that one you would normally pass on might go for $5k.

From the lack of hands on DIY experience, physical tools, rental regulations and requirements, repair/renovation estimation, and just about everything else one can think of.However, I came upon an opportunity where a friend without any knowledge of my desire to buy and hold, explained current pain with a house that he can't seem to sell.

I am in the florida area, can anyone recommend a physical company

The appraiser must identify physical deficiencies that could affect the safety, soundness, or structural integrity of the property as part of his or her description of the physical condition of the property.

What digging I've done has been in valuing professional services practices (same issue: owner does the "labor", has client loyalty, etc.) as well as medical practices (patients loyal to a doctor more than a physical address).  

assuming all financial factors are the same, including number of units and physical condition, would you prefer a rental on a busy or quite street?

If u do not plan to be at the hearing physically, u also need to notarize the "Affidavit of Evidence to the ARB" form, which the website also fills out automatically for you, and send together with the protest form.

So I get my list of addresses from my title company & in that list it has the owners name & their physical address along with the subject property I'm interested in.